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Southern Europe

Cyprus

Nicosia · 1.4 m · EUR

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus

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Where it is
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Memory hook

The only flag showing its own map — and the copper colour is a pun: "Cyprus" gave copper its name.

Capital: Nicosia
Population: 1,358,282
Area: 9,251 km²
Density: 146.8 / km²
Currency: Euro (EUR €)
Language: Greek, Turkish
Indo-European
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy

Land borders · 0

Island nation — no land neighbours.

Flag — White field with a copper-coloured map of the island above two olive branches.

Outline — A flat pan with a long handle jutting northeast toward Syria.

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